diff --git a/src/host/exe/Host.EXE.vcxproj b/src/host/exe/Host.EXE.vcxproj
index 3deb6f37f3..6c21ade7a8 100644
--- a/src/host/exe/Host.EXE.vcxproj
+++ b/src/host/exe/Host.EXE.vcxproj
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     <Link>
       <AllowIsolation>true</AllowIsolation>
       <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;imm32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <DelayLoadDLLs>ext-ms-win-com-ole32-l1.dll</DelayLoadDLLs>
       <DelayLoadDLLs>icu.dll;%(DelayLoadDLLs)</DelayLoadDLLs>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
diff --git a/src/host/srvinit.cpp b/src/host/srvinit.cpp
index 883489fea4..942865e89a 100644
--- a/src/host/srvinit.cpp
+++ b/src/host/srvinit.cpp
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ try
 
     myStartupInfo.wShowWindow = settings.GetShowWindow();
 
+    if (IsApiSetImplemented("ext-ms-win-com-ole32-l1-1-1"))
     {
         HRESULT hr = CoAllowSetForegroundWindow(handoff.Get(), nullptr);
         TraceLoggingWrite(g_hConhostV2EventTraceProvider, "PtyHandoffAllowSetForegroundWindow", TraceLoggingHResult(hr));